Kubernetes Job Trends in Surrey
Kubernetes (k8s)
South East > Surrey
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey citing Kubernetes skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | 88 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | -23 | -11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kubernetes | 67 | 6 | 50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey | 2.50% | 0.52% | 3.31% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 40.61% | 7.32% | 57.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 5 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | - | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £67,500 | £49,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +3.70% | +3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £72,500 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | - | £77,250 |
| South East median annual salary | £65,000 | £70,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.14% | +3.70% | -6.90% |
All Systems Management Skills
Surrey
Kubernetes falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing systems management skills in Surrey.
| 6 months to 1 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing systems management skills | 165 | 82 | 87 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey | 6.16% | 7.10% | 5.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 122 | 61 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £29,000 | £38,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,313 | £34,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £40,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.50% | -20.00% | -18.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £48,750 | £69,063 |
| 90th Percentile | £74,875 | £72,500 | £74,625 |
| South East median annual salary | £60,000 | £50,000 | £57,513 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -13.06% | +4.57% |
Kubernetes Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Kubernetes relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.
Kubernetes Salary Trend in Surrey
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Salary Histogram in Surrey
Salary distribution for jobs citing Kubernetes in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.
Kubernetes Job Locations in Surrey
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kubernetes within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 November 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | - | 19 | £62,500 | - | 7 |
| Staines | -8 | 11 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 1 |
| Leatherhead | - | 7 | - | - | 1 |
| Camberley | - | 5 | £53,750 | - | 4 |
| Egham | - | 5 | £65,000 | - | |
| Reigate | -16 | 4 | £60,000 | - | 3 |
| Godalming | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Woking | - | 2 | £65,000 | - | |
| Kubernetes South East |
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Kubernetes Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ansible | 29.9% | 20 |
| 2 | Grafana | 26.9% | 18 |
| 3 | Prometheus | 23.9% | 16 |
| 4 | Proxmox | 11.9% | 8 |
| 5 | Single Sign-On | 10.4% | 7 |
| 6 | Kibana | 7.5% | 5 |
| 7 | Argo | 6.0% | 4 |
| 8 | Istio | 3.0% | 2 |